I went out and bought an Indian made clone of this oil lamp circa 1966-1967, age just-turned 11 or 12, to fit on the "L" shaped headset-mount bracket on the birthday Hero that my father bought me as a birthday gift. I forget what oil I added to the reservoir, but I do remember how you raised the wick with a little wire wheel, and how, when you optimized wick length between brightness and smokelesssness, you got a mere glow-worm glow that could not really illuminate anything. These were still, if not state of art, at least market available then and there -- Bangalore, India, again, '66 or '67.
(For my next birthday, my father had the black stock Hero painted scarlet and had a AW added -- hottest Hero in the subcontinent at the time.) On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Doug Way <jd-...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi- > > Happy Holidays! My surprise bike gift was a Joseph Lucas bicycle > oil-burning head light (the Planet model #33), still in the original box! > This thing came out of my Dad's workshop. I think he bought it at a flea > market in Belgium in the early 1970s. Not at all sure how old this thing > is, my best guess is between 1910 and 1920. > > Anyone out there know anything about these? > > I posted a couple of pictures of the lamp to my Flickr account. Here's the > link: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/**25652527@N05/sets/**72157632361964076/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/25652527@N05/sets/72157632361964076/> > > Best regards, > Doug Way > Boulder, CO > Atlantis & Roadeo > > On 12/25/12 12:02 PM, Liesl wrote: > >> I know many of us have probably indulged ourselves picking out our own >> Rivvy gifts encouraged by the raffle, but how about the surprises? >> >> I got a beautiful simple Sykes water bottle cage in cherry. >> >> http://www.sykeswoodfenders.**com/sykeswoodfenders/cherry_**wbh.html<http://www.sykeswoodfenders.com/sykeswoodfenders/cherry_wbh.html> >> >> Oh my it's lovely against a sandblasted clear powder coat protovelo with >> Soma Xpress 650B skinwalls in, yes, Terra Cotta (thanks Jim at Hiawatha) >> >> http://somafab.blogspot.com/**2012/06/new-tires.html<http://somafab.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-tires.html> >> >> What'd you get? >> >> Happy Holidaze, >> Riv Chica Warrior >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >> msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/**0g4DzJQ_B-MJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/0g4DzJQ_B-MJ> >> . >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.**com<rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en> >> . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.**com<rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en> > . > > -- ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
